Homework - Languages

• There are 6,800 known languages spoken in the 200 countries of the world. 2,261 have writing systems (the others are only spoken) and about 300 are represented on this on-line dictionary as of May 11, 2004.

• This site has so many words to search and study that you could be here all day. Use this wealth of information to explore new words, build vocabulary and spelling skills, or ponder the definitions of words you already know.

• Here you can browse the vast and comprehensive quotations by topic, by the author's last name or by the type of author.

Poetry

• The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.  The Academy was founded in 1934 in New York City and it was officially incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1936.